Bluffton school board holds is reorganization meeting at 7:30 p.m.,Thursday, Jan. 15, in the elementary media center.
Several annual assignments are on the agenda for approval. Those include:
• selection of board president and vice president
• monthly meetings at 7:30 p.m. on the following dates in the elementary media center:
Feb. 16
March 16
April 20
May 18
June 25
July 20
Aug. 17
Sept. 14
Oct. 19
Nov. 16
Dec. 21
The three Rs have been viewed as foundations of education since the days of the one-room schoolhouse.
But the president of Canada’s Conrad Grebel University College proposed Jan. 13 that the success of small, Christian liberal arts colleges boils down to three Cs.
Jay Richard Briggs, 75 of Bluffton died Jan. 7, 2015, at Bluffton Hospital. Per his wishes there will be no services. Arrangements are entrusted with Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.
How many photos of the frost did you take this morning? The event was technically a "hoar frost." Here's one explanation:
"Under clear frosty nights in winter soft ice crystals might form on vegetation or any object that has been chilled below freezing point by radiation cooling. This deposit of ice crystals is known as hoar frost and may sometimes be so thick that it might look like snow."
As you probably found out, the beauty doesn't last long, especially when the sun comes out.
The Henry P. Huber Scholarship committee is currently accepting applications for the 2015-2016 school year.
Applications may be acquired from the guidance counselor at Bluffton High School, the superintendent's office in the Bluffton Elementary School and from the Citizens National Bank in Bluffton.
Applicants are required to submit with their application, whether a high school senior or currently enrolled in college, the most recent transcript of their academic program.
Applications must be filed with the committee by May 25, 2015.
Bluffton police ask Icon viewers to be aware of a potential telephone scam taking place in the area.
"We had a couple come into the police station today because they were contacted saying a family member needed “bail” money. The entire incident was a hoax, and fortunately, the local residents contacted police to clear things up before anyone lost any money," Rick Skilliter, Bluffton police chief told The Icon.
Ideal Images, 114 E. College Ave., Bluffton, is expanding its operations, according to Rachel Webster, owner.
"We are proud to be a member of the Bluffton community and will celebrate our fourth successful year in business on Jan. 24," said Webster.
“As we enter into our fourth year, serving the needs of the business, school, and industrial custom apparel world, we are pleased to announce Ideal Images will expand our operations.”
Martha Pauline (Gerber) Brown, 97, native to Pandora, died Jan. 12, 2015, in Birmingham, Ala. She was born July 27, 1917.
She was preceded in death by second son, Jared Paul Brown who died 3 days after his birth on Feb. 25, 1948, and by her husband and missionary co-worker for 68 years, Rev. Dr. O. Carl Brown, Jr., on Nov. 12, 2010.
